PUBG Global Championship 2022 Finalist Announces His Retirement

shou, now a former 17 Gaming player, has announced his retirement from esports. On his social media, the Chinese esportsman highlighted a number of factors that influenced his decision to leave the competitive scene.

Yes, I'm going to retire! It's been almost ten years since I entered esports, and now it's time to say goodbye to being a professional player. Along the way, I witnessed many meetings and partings, rumors, joy, anger, sadness and joy, and also experienced various emotions. Although I have become more mature, I have also become quite an old esports player who was tormented by injuries.

Who would have thought that one day I would be so close to a world title, so close that if I worked harder and made fewer mistakes, I would achieve a bigger dream in life! But it's all over - in the end, the dream is still a dream. In fact, the main problem is the back injury, which has been tormenting me all the time, and this has an increasing effect on my condition. Sometimes I can only rely on taking medications that temporarily suppress pain in order to successfully complete the game.

The pain of travel has always reminded me to take a break. Therefore, I can only leave the arena with a little bit of regret and reluctance.

shou has spent the last two seasons with 17 Gaming. Here, the 23-year-old Chinese player became the winner of PGL ASIA CUP Week 2 and AfreecaTV PUBG League 2022 Season 1, and also made it to the top three at PUBG Champions League 2021: Summer, PUBG Champions League 2022: Spring, PUBG Champions League 2022: Summer, PUBG Continental Series 7: Asia and PUBG Global Championship 2022.

Now the Chinese team will have to find the fifth player. Given the fact that 17 Gaming is among the partners, it will be easy for the club to replace the strongest players in the region.

Updated roster of 17 Gaming in PUBG discipline:

• lil ghost
• Sujiu
• Xbei
• xwudd
• Akuma (head coach)